Nominations are being sought for the 2015 Gold Medal Award of the New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.
2015 Gold Medal Award Nominations Deadline is Jan. 5, 2015
Nominations are being sought for the 2015 Gold Medal Award of the New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. The award was established in 1952 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of Applied Spectroscopy.
The Gold Medal will be presented at a special award symposium, arranged in honor of the awardee, at the 2015 Eastern Analytical Symposium. A nominating letter describing the nominee’s specific accomplishments should be submitted along with a biographical sketch and list of publications by January 5, 2015.
Materials should be emailed to Debbie_Peru@colpal.com or mailed to Deborah A. Peru, Colgate Palmolive Co., 909 River Road, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Contact her at (732) 878-7295.
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